sideswipe

Example Sentences

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That's because some of the non-colliding positively charged protons are set swirling as the nuclei sideswipe one another at close to the speed of light.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2024

On top of that, monthly economic readings are likely to be sideswipe from months by a distortion to industrial and payroll stats from labor strikes at the big U.S. automakers.

From Reuters • Sep. 18, 2023

It’s like a game of chicken where two cars are headed toward each other, but a third car is coming in from the side trying to sideswipe one of them to prevent the collision.

From Slate • Aug. 8, 2019

We were telling a coming of age story that was dealing with queer identity and nobody tried to sideswipe that.

From The Guardian • Oct. 21, 2016

I saw a big touring car sideswipe a Ford runabout and knock it several feet to one side on the country road.

From "Say Fellows—" Fifty Practical Talks with Boys on Life's Big Issues by Smith, Wade C.